The Advisory Function of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

How do the rights of same-sex couples have to be ensured by states, and which kind of environmental obligations are induced by the right to life and to personal integrity? Questions as diverse and far-reaching as these are regularly dealt with by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its advisory function. This book is the first comprehensive, non-Spanish-written treatise on the advisory function of this Court. It analyzes the scope of the Court's advisory jurisdiction and its procedural practice in comparison with that of other international courts. Moreover, the legal effects of the Court's advisory opinions and the question when the Court should better reject a request for an advisory opinion are examined.This publication was supported by funds from the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.

Summary

How do the rights of same-sex couples have to be ensured by states, and which kind of environmental obligations are induced by the right to life and to personal integrity? Questions as diverse and far-reaching as these are regularly dealt with by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its advisory function. This book is the first comprehensive, non-Spanish-written treatise on the advisory function of this Court. It analyzes the scope of the Court's advisory jurisdiction and its procedural practice in comparison with that of other international courts. Moreover, the legal effects of the Court’s advisory opinions and the question when the Court should better reject a request for an advisory opinion are examined.

This publication was supported by funds from the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor Benz
• Publisher: Nomos
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9783756014439
• ISBN: 978-3-7560-1443-9
• No. of pages: 478
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 30 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 737 g
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Amerika, NG-Rabatt, Internationales Recht: Gerichtshöfe und Verfahrensrecht, International Court of Justice, IAGMR, ADMISSIBILITY AND ADVISORY PROCEDURE, Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, Case of Aguado-Alfaro, Adivsory jurisdiction, Written admissibility requirements, Case of Boyce et al., Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores, Adivory opinion, Permanent Court of International Justice, Art. 64 IACHR, Submission and notification of a request, Case of Radilla Pacheco, Gelman case